Missing Authorization Affecting rh-postgresql95-postgresql-server package, versions <0:9.5.9-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.52% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHPOSTGRESQL95POSTGRESQLSERVER-4745261
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed10 Aug 2017

Introduced: 10 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7548  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rh-postgresql95-postgresql-server to version 0:9.5.9-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2677.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-postgresql95-postgresql-server package and not the rh-postgresql95-postgresql-server package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

PostgreSQL versions before 9.4.13, 9.5.8 and 9.6.4 are vulnerable to authorization flaw allowing remote authenticated attackers with no privileges on a large object to overwrite the entire contents of the object, resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

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